Omaha daily bee., 1887-10-17
SHE WAS FULL OF MUSIC.
a Wifc Who Deserted Her Husband
for the Apprcciativc West.

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From the New York World: Mr..
Francis Havier Grammor, painter,
living on Bartlett street, Brooklyn, was
married in Trinity church, on Septem-
Der 3, 1884, TO Augusta Parton. Mr..
Grammar was and is still sober, indus
trious man, earning good wages and his
wife, u young woman of twcnty-four, is
of n masculine kind OF beauty. Affairs
went on smoothly and happily for few
months, when Mr.. Grammer discovered
that his wife had developed u passionate
fondness for beer, and in his absence
the growlcr was passed rapidly and con-
unuously. He demonstrated, but affairs
grew worse instead of better, aud it
often eappcncd that when he came home
he could get nothing TO eat. .'
They had II baby, but that did not pro-
vent Mrs. Grammcr going to New York
twice or three times n week with one
Joseph Pfacnder, and to Coney island,
and enjoying herself generally at tho
expense of her husband. After this,
perhaps, Mr.. Grammcr was less SUR
prised than delighted when he had
come home from work one evening and
learned that his wife had gone OIL with
Pfaender altogether, although she had
taken with her all the money he had
saved during the summer and left him
the six months old baby with nothing
to eat.
Three months after this he received
letter from Augusta, dated Detroit, in
which she informed him that Pfncnder
had left her when all the money was
spent and taken up with another woman.
She wrote:
Still, dear Frank, / am not discouraged. I
am strong and hearty and can earn my own
living. hope YOU will take care of the baby
and give her plenty of food from the bottle.
The beer in Detroit is much better than what
they sell in Brooklyn, and lighter. Women,
too, are more thought of.
She wrote him, from time to time, six
letters in all, expressing in one she sent
from st. Paul deep sorrow for the baby's
death, but consoling herself with the
thought that she would meet her in
heaven, "whcre," rs she beautifully ex-
pressed it, there is always rest for the
weary"
Her fourth letter was dated Walla
Walla, w. T.. and in this as in the 9TH
ers she speaks in glowing terms of tho
rich vegetation in that favored region,
and did not forget to assure him that
women were highly appreciated there.
Appended is a free translation of the
last letter Mrs. Grammer wrote TO her
husband
BoYcE CITY, Idaho, Sept 2, 1Ss1-Dear
husband: | left Washington territory last
month with a party of hunters. We killed
lots of deer antelope and buffalo, and after
week entered Idaho territory, where some
of our people went prospecting for gold while
others continued the chase. | elected to cast
my lot with the hunters Oh, what "a glori-
Gus life it is, riding after the gigantic bison
on the boundless prairiel What music there
is in the short, sharp crack of rifle, and how
sweet it's TO drink in the air of freedom un-
trammeled by skirts or bustlcs We are all
free here; we dress alike, smoke the same
tobacco, and woman is considered the equal
of man in every respect. Indeed she is su-
perior, as our sex is so scarce that we are
| looked upon as angels. There are risks how
| ever, and / met with an accident and an
adventure recently that almost ended my
career. While mounted on my mus
tang in pursuit of IA herd of buffalo,
larat in hand Il wanted to capture
| live bison), the horse stumbled and rolled
over upon me, breaking my left leg. 1 lay
there groaning III agony,and party of Snake
| Indians found me and carried me To their
camp where | must say they treated me
well. After awhile they discovered | was a
woman, and the chiefs son made such strong
| love TO me that | had to consent to imarry
| him. The Snakes took me west, but after
| living with them few weeks ! got disgusted
and escaped. They did not appreciate ladies'
| as well the cowboys, who are dashing,
| daring cavaliers. ! am now in BoyCe City,
| but shall leave here soon on another hunting
excursion. That contemplate cur, Piacn-
der, promised one time TO get me cattle
ranch in the West, but | now my way to
| getting one myself. Your loving wife.
AUGUSTA GRAMMER.
After having read this remarkably
| cool letter, Mr.. Grammer thought n
limit had been reached and, going to
| the Office of his lawyer, Jules Klanke,
| No. a Court street, he instructed him
| to sue for divorce, bringing in Pfaen-
der and others us correspondents.
| Isn't it necessary To serve papers on
| Mrs. Grammer?" asked World re-
| porter of Mr.. Klanke.
| mo; | guess not. 1t would be rather
difficult to serve papers in the Snake
country. The suit will go by default,
and Mr.. Grammcr will obtain his di-
vorce in few days without difficulty"
Terrible are the Revenges
| Upon the system inflicted by diseases of
| the kidneys and bladder They wreck